An announcement posted on the Israeli website Y News states that the Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to the Israeli Army attack in Kfar Qanna that killed 60 innocents, mainly children, that â€œaccording to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as â€˜innocentsâ€™ of the enemy.â€

Previously (July 12), the Jerusalem Post reported that the Yesha Rabbinical Council also called for the Israeli army to â€œexterminate the enemy in the north and in the south.â€ The Yesha Rabbinical Council is a fringe right-wing Jewish extremist movement that also calls for Jews to resist disengagement by Settlers from the land they occupy in Gaza and the West Bank.

â€œAll of the discussions on Christian morality are weakening the spirit of the army and the nation and are costing us in the blood of our soldiers and civilians,â€ the Rabbinical Councilâ€™s statement said.